Math Monday and Snack Attack
This is a fun activity that really teaches lots of skills, but since today is Math Monday our focus will be on MONEY. My kids eat a snack every afternoon. Starting this week my first grader will be purchasing his snack from me. He will have $1 in change to make his purchases for the week. He will get to keep any leftover funds. There will be healthy choices and a couple of treats. At our house we like to encourage healthy habits, so the pricing doesn’t reflect what you see in the store. The pricing is more of a reflection of health costs, but that is another post.
| Snack | Cost per serving in cents |
| Water | Free |
| Veggies | Free |
| Fruit | 8 |
| Juice | 15 |
| Crackers/Pretzels | 18 |
| Cookies | 25 |
You could give them a menu or put tags on the snack. That is up to you. I like to put tags on the food. You can download some pricing tags here or make your own. I do think it is important to keep a running tab of how much they spend all week and on what. This is a great chance to use math skills. Some of the great math skills this activity uses are counting coins, addition and subtraction. You can download my snack attack tally sheet here.
You can find more ways to incorporate math into your home or classroom at Math Mondays hosted by love2learn2day.
This cost/reward system might not be a bad idea for adults too! I could probably do with a few less trips to the candy bin at work!
What a great activity! It teaches so many different skills and I like that healthier choices are more inexpensive. Very clever.
Thanks. I will be adding some extensions to this in the coming weeks. I appreciate you stopping by and commenting.